Nomination of Howard A. Schneiderman To Be a Member of the National Science Board

The President today announced his intention to nominate Howard A. Schneiderman to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 1992. He would succeed Mary Jane Osborn.

Since 1979 Dr. Schneiderman has been senior vice president for research and development and chief scientist, Monsanto Go. in St. Louis, MO. Previously, Dr. Schneiderman was dean, School of Biological Sciences, and professor at the University of California at Irvine, 1969-1979; professor of biology and chairman of department, 1961-1966; and codirector of the developmental biology center, 1961-1969, at Western Reserve University; assistant professor and associate professor at Cornell University, 1953-1961; and research fellow in zoology at Harvard University, 1952-1953.

He graduated from Swarthmore College (A.B., 1948) and Harvard University (M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1952). Dr. Schneiderman is married, has two children, and resides in Clayton, MO. He was born February 9, 1927, in New York City.